Greetings to all of my fellow cyclists! Today, I’m following up from my most recent post on barthaynes.com titled “How to Troubleshoot Your Bike.” Upon publishing this article, a less experienced cyclist friend of mine said, “That’s great, Bart, but I don’t know where half of those things are on my bike!”
In order to help those of you out who don’t know bicycle parts as well or need a bit of a refresher regarding the anatomy of your bike, this post is for you. I scoured the Internet to find some excellent diagrams for you to study. I’ve included multiple photos for quality, thoroughness, and types of bikes.
In between these diagrams, I’m going to include some definitions of bicycle parts that might seem complicated to the amateur bicyclist. My hope is that this post will teach you how to identify the parts of your bicycle so that you can discuss cycling intelligently and also know how to describe problems if you run into any difficulties in the future.
- top tube – connects the seat tube to the head tube
- seat tube – The seat tube contains the seatpost of the bike, which connects to the seat post
- seat stay – connects the top of the seat tube to the rear dropout
- head tube – houses the fork and bearings
- down tube – connects the bottom bracket to the head tube
- bottom bracket – houses the pedal axle and bearings
- dropouts – the slots in the frame and fork that holds the wheel axles
- chainstay – a section of the frame that connects the bottom bracket to the rear dropout
- fork – holds the front wheel and pivots in the headset when steering
- chainring – toothed rings that directly connect to the crank
- crank – connects the pedals to the chainring
- front derailleur – the mechanism that moves the chain from one chainring to another
- rear derailleur – the mechanism that moves the chain from one gear to another
- headset – houses the bearings that allow the handlebars and fork to turn
- cassette – toothed cog that make up the gears ( attached to the rear wheel)
Happy riding to you all. Once again, make sure and check out my article-based site over at Bart the Bike Guy to read my latest article all about How to Troubleshoot Your Bike!
Sources:
- 17 Best ideas about Bike Parts on Pinterest | Recycled bike parts …
- General names for bike parts
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